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Makeup Revolution New-trals VS Neutrals

July 31, 2016

Today I'm going to talk about another beauty from the MUR eyeshadow palette collection - Makeup Revoution New - trals VS Neutrals. I have to admit, this is not one of the palettes that catch my eye immediately, as I usually stay away from pink/orange/red shades on the eyes so when it first came out, I had no desire to try it out. But lately, I've been trying different eye looks and I liked how the dark red shade looked on me. I don't really own that many red shades and Pink Panda had free shipping... So here we are.

I already have several MUR palettes, amongst them the two Iconic palettes (review is here), so I kinda knew what to expect.

They
come in the same packaging as previously mentioned Iconic palettes -
matte black cardboard box with gold letters and black plastic box with
shiny back and matte front side that gets dirty easily and is a bit
harder to keep clean, so I keep it in the original box anyway.

They are also a bit harder to open when I have longer nails - I tend to either break a nail or dig it into the shadow.

The palette contains 16 shadows; they are soft and easy to blend but they also tend to have a bit of fallout. The pigmentation varies from shadow to shadow - the shimmer ones are much more pigmented than the matte ones, which I expected them to be considering other palettes.I always use some kind of base and prime my eyes, so I can only say that with any eyeshadow base that can last up to 8 hours. The shimmer shades can have a glitter fallout during the blending and you may find glitter all over your face during the day.________________________________________________________________________________

I can't really define exactly how many matte and shimmer shades there are in the palette (some of them seems to be matte, but they have glitter in them) so it is better to describe each one. The shades are:

You get a plastic foil with all theeyeshadow names written on it, a big mirror and double sided brush. The brush is pretty good and I use it sometimes. The one side is smaller blending brush which I personally don't use for blending because it is really small and not fluffy enough, but I do use it for precise application on outer V. The other side is classic flat brush which I use for applying the eyeshadow directly on the lid or on the lower lash line. Sometimes I even use it for spot concealing because of its size.

As soon as I opened the palette for the first time, it seemed very familiar so I searched my collection for similar shades. As it turned out, it is very, VERY similar to the MUR Iconic 3 palette, which is a dupe for Urban Decay Naked 3 palette. Total 8 shades (all from the second row) are identical to the 8 shades from Iconic palette.

While swatching, the shades are identical although there are some pigmentation differences. The lighter shades are a bit more pigmented in Iconic 3 palette, while the darker shades are a bit more pigmented in New - trals VS Neutrals palette. You can't really see that when you apply them on the eyes, you can see it in swatches here, although the difference may be even more obvious because of the difference in pressure while swatching. (As much as I try to make all of them exactly the same, sometimes I grab a bit more product of put a bit more pressure on the skin).

This was a slight disappointment because that the shades were new and never seen before in their palettes, but what can you do.